Ep.93: Diet Culture, Disordered Eating + How To Stop Fighting Food

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women · Jan 20, 2022 · 1h 23m

Diet culture is everywhere.

NPR reported that in 2021, 50% of all New Year's resolutions in the U.S. were based on fitness, 48% were resolutions to lose weight and 39% of resolutions were to improve one’s diet. We spend over $30 billion on diet products annually and an estimated 45 million Americans diet every year.

85% of women have, at one point in their life, been on some kind of a diet, struggled with body image, or both.

And many women who struggle with alcohol also have a complicated relationship with food and their bodies.

Our universal immersion in diet culture can also unconsciously…